News from FlightGlobal – Page 1054
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NewsBoeing looks to Q4 for formal launch of re-engined 737
After more than a year of speculation, Boeing has announced that it will pursue a re-engined 737, rather than developing an all-new single-aisle aircraft. The...
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NewsAmerican splits record narrowbody order between Airbus and Boeing
American Airlines has kept its allegiance to Boeing while ordering its first Airbus narrowbodies through a massive order for 460 aircraft. American...
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Airbus teams with Parker to develop hydrogen-based APU
Airbus partners Parker aerospace to develop hydrogen-based APU
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NewsAirlines look to fuel-saving techniques as EU ETS draws closer
Reducing fuel consumption has never been so vital as airlines face having to comply with the European Union's emissions trading system, to which the industry will be subject in 2012
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NewsAir India aims to receive seven 787s by end March 2012
Air India will take delivery of its first Boeing 787 in October, said a company source. It will receive four 787s by the end of December and a total...
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Finnair to operate its first biofuel flight today
Finnair will operate its first commercial biofuel flight today when it takes off from Amsterdam Schiphol for Helsinki with an Airbus A319 partially-powered...
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NewsAmerican poised for large narrowbody order on 20 July
American Airlines will announce an aircraft purchase on 20 July, ending a month of speculation since the Paris air show over the timing of the order, which...
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Strategy Awards: The Airline Business Award
Presented to Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline
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NewsStrategy Awards: Regional Leadership
Presented to Bill Ayer, chief executive of Alaska Air Group
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NewsGol expects WebJet integration to be easier than VRG acquisition
Gol is confident its proposed acquisition of fellow Brazilian low-cost carrier Webjet will be easier in terms of integration than its previous purchase of Varig successor VRG, and it expects to enjoy annual synergies of 100 million reais ($63.7 million) within two years.
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NewsWhat comes after Atlantis?
As NASA prepares to bring the Space Shuttle home for the last time this week, the flagship International Space Station programme loses its principle supply-and-service vehicle and the US space programme returns to its uncomfortable late-1970s status of being unable to launch an astronaut to orbit
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Pen to head Martinair, Gregorowitsch moves to Air Berlin
Air France-KLM subsidiary Martinair has appointed Diederik Pen as its managing director, succeeding Paul Gregorowitsch who has been named chief commercial...
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NewsAirbus delivers 800th A330 but freighter sales stay slack
Hong Kong Airlines is to operate the 800th Airbus A330 to roll off the production line at Toulouse. The airline, part of HNA Group, is taking the A330-200F,...
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Embattled Tiger Australia appoints high profile safety advisor
Tiger Airways Australia has appointed an ex-Qantas chief pilot as a safety advisor to the CEO.
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Strategy Awards: Finance
Merging any two businesses is complicated enough, but when both are airline groups and each has its own complexities about who owns what and how much it...
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UK govt to trial mixed-mode operations at Heathrow
Mixed-mode operations will be allowed at London Heathrow during times of severe disruption, under new measures unveiled last week by UK aviation minister...